New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-21

that it is loud and offensive. The disparity DO
tween the testimony Of two well-known physicians
is also striking. One says that the slight noise
is not in any sense detrimental or In
furious to health the other asserts that 1t VIII
seriously affect one Of his patients. Ii Is not
strange that the Judge was puzzled and preferred
to wait until the witnesses could be cross
examined in open court before taking positive
action The motion for preliminary injunction
was denied.
The effort that Is being made to secure from
the Legislature sufficient appropriation to en-
large the lecture hall Of the American Museum
of Natural History ought to be successful. The
present hall is designed to seat only 275 persons,
while the number of teachers attending these adj
milable lectures is over 300 They serve a useful.
even necessary purpose, and commended as they
are by the State Superintendent OF Schools they
should be encouraged.
Ii the Government were to tax conscience In
stead Of land, ii would derive but an inferior
support from the Indiana democracy.
Our esteemed contemporary, "1he Atlanta
Constitution is not logical. 1t declares that the
post office arrangements down South are in fear
full condition, far worse than under any RepuD-
lican Administratio and almost as bad as in the
looking about for for this state OF things,
il decides that the trouble must lie in the fact
that % per cent of the pOst-oIcc clerks are
still Republicans 1t suggests that il Mr. Villas
would dismiss all these people and employ only
Democrats the trouble would be remedied This
notion is fancful rather than rational II the
service was all rfsht when the clerks were all
Republicans. and became bad so soon as Mr Villas
took in five per cent OF Democrats, 1t Strikes us
that the sensible scheme to restore The old-tlme
efficiency would be to fire out those bunSllng
Democrats and put back the intelligent and com
petent Republicans How does that idea appear
TO our Atlanta friend?
During the past six years. under our beneheeDt
industrial system public securities to the amount
OF $3.50 900 900 have been paid of. But the tarit
smashers sledge- hammer swings as blndiy as ever.
Libel suits as n rule are POOR specuations.
II man persists in going into one, however
he should be OF his ability to prove his
case. commendable example OF such ability
has lately come to hand, Mr. William Black, The
novelist being the plaintiff. The offending pub
LEGATION had charged Mr.. Black with meanly ne
electing his poor relations, particularly an aunt
who was living in his native parish OF Shots
In demonst ing the falsity of this story Mr.
Black proved that he not native OF Shots
that he never had been there In his life; that
he had no aunt living there that he had no poor
aunt anywhere; that he had aunt at all
that he had poor relations in the world. his
settled the casc far as the libel was concerned,
and left only the question OF the amount OF dam
ages and the iurys award was not as much rs
Mr. Black would get for q sketch that he could
write In half the time he spent on the lawsuit
However, he had the satisfaction Of winning the
case and vindicating his character, which Is
more than the average plaintiff does.
Since he took Office the President has ap-
pointed Governors Of Territories five residents
OF distant States. TO say nothing OF Judges ana
other Territorial officers selected in the same way
And yet the President before his election pledged
himself ito select rs Federal officers for the Terri
tories citizens previously resident therein" and
this was in accordance with the Democratic Ma
tional platform But the President scorns to en-
plain why he has openly and VIGOROUSLY broken
his pledges.